Greg, can I throw that into documentation as a workaround?

On Sat., Nov. 13, 2021, 4:45 p.m. Greg Dove, <greg.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Hugo,
>
> I might change this in the near future. But for now, here is the general
> 'rule of thumb' that I use:
>
> If the instance only has string keys (or int/uint/Number/Boolean keys
> should be ok too) then use a plain Object. All code can pretty much then
> remain unchanged.
>
> If it is using object instances (any complex object like functions or class
> instances, or generic object instances) as keys, then
>
> a) use native js Map if the original constructor argument does not have
> weakKeys=true, or if it has weakKeys= true and there is any form of
> iteration over keys (you cannot iterate over keys in a WeakMap in
> javascript)
>
> b) otherwise use WeakMap.
>
> Both (a) and (b) require you to change code for get/set ([]
> access/assignment in as3) or delete operator, and also code related to
> iteration (use map.forEach in js).
> see docs for those:
>
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map
>
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/WeakMap
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 9:34 AM Hugo Ferreira <hferreira...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I see that there is no Dictionary on Royale, probably because there is a
> > better method.
> > What the approach in Royale for a Dictionary ?
> >
>

Reply via email to